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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

7. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Contingencies

 

The tenant, MCA Simpsonville Operating Company LLC, referred to as Tenant, of the Simpsonville Facility, and other affiliates of the Company have a dispute with the landlord of the Simpsonville Facility, MC-Simpsonville, SC-UT, LLC, referred to as the Landlord, and its affiliates (Embree Group of Companies: Embree Construction Group, Inc., Embree Asset Group, Inc., and Embree Capital Markets Group, Inc., referred to collectively as Embree) under the terms of the lease. The Tenant has stopped paying rent and related charges under the lease for the Simpsonville Facility from and after January 1, 2019. The Landlord has made demands for past rent but has not instituted legal action against the Tenant. Instead, the Landlord filed a lawsuit against the guarantors of the lease, including Trident Healthcare Properties I, L.P., referred to as Trident, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and an unconditional guaranty of such lease; and the personal guarantors of the Tenant’s obligations under the Lease, including the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Company has an obligation to indemnify and hold such individuals (other than the Company’s Chairman) harmless under such personal guarantees, and Trident is a consolidated subsidiary in the Company’s financial statements. The Company’s Chairman has indemnified the Company for all obligations of the Company with respect to obligations to the Landlord in connection with this litigation, including the Company’s obligations to such indemnified individuals and the Company’s subsidiaries. This litigation is captioned and numbered MC-Simpsonville, SC-UT, LLC v. Steve Person, et. al., Cause No. 19-0651-C368 and is pending in the 368th Judicial District Court of Williamson County, Texas. On October 21, 2020, the trial court has issued a judgment on damages in the amount of $2,801,365. The trial court has not made findings of fact related to the Tenant’s liability under the Lease. Additionally, the Guarantors has appealed the trial court judgement as they believed it has reasonable likelihood of success to reduce the judgment in the amount of $248,074 in attorney’s fees. The appellate court recently entered a ruling reversing and remanding the attorneys’ fees portion of the judgment to the trial court for renewed proceedings on that issue. After the entry of the appellate court’s ruling, the Guarantors filed a motion for rehearing on the narrow issue of pre-judgment interest calculation, on which the Guarantors believe that they have a reasonable likelihood of success. The Company has accrued an amount in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2022 that it determined was reasonable with respect to this contingency. Subsequently, this action was settled on August 5, 2022 as reflected by an Agreed Final Judgment for an aggregate amount of $3,012,011, including costs and expenses in favor of the plaintiff, of which $2,763,936 was settled by the release of a cash bond that Tenant previously deposited with the Court and the remaining amount to be paid within six months.

 

The Landlord filed a second action against Trident and the other guarantors on April 9, 2021, for claims similar to the action described above including relief for payment of rent past due and reimbursement of taxes from October 2020 to the time of the trial in this action. Trident and the other guarantors intend to respond to this action. The Company is not able to determine if it will prevail in such litigation. The Tenant entered into an agreement to transfer certain operations, including lease obligations, of the Simpsonville Facility. On August 5, 2022, in connection with the settlement of the action described above, Tenant and Landlord terminated the lease of the Simpsonville Facility as contemplated by such agreement to transfer of certain operations, including lease obligations, which permitted the Landlord to sell the Simpsonville Facility to a third party. The Company and Landlord are negotiating a settlement, including the amount and payment terms. There can be no assurance that the Company will settle this second action on terms that are acceptable or at all. See Note 16 - Subsequent Events.

 

 

Clearday, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Certain subsidiaries of the Company that operated hotel assets have not paid employment related taxes such as required withholdings for Texas State unemployment taxes and federal income tax and employee and employer contributions for FICA (Social Security and Medicare) taxes, and federal unemployment tax for the period from December 31, 2018 to December 31, 2020. These subsidiaries have since made the appropriate filings with the Internal Revenue Service and the Company has accrued the full estimated amount of the underpaid taxes as well as the estimated penalties and interest. As of June 30, 2022, the amount of the estimated taxes, penalties, and interest, assuming that there is no waiver or mitigation of the penalties, is $361,552. The Company has accrued this amount in its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2022.

 

In addition, from time to time, the Company becomes involved in litigation matters in the ordinary course of its business. Such litigations include an action that alleges negligence and other claims regarding the death of a resident in a memory care facility. One such action was Michael Inderrieden, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Thomas Inderrieden v. MCA Simpsonville Operating Company, LLC dba Memory Care of Simpsonville; Allied Integral United, Inc. dba Clearday; Memory Care America, LLC.; MCA Management Company, Inc.; and MC-Simpsonville, SC-1-UT, LLC, that alleged various acts and breaches by the defendants that resulted in the death of a resident. This action was settled in the third quarter of 2022. Although the Company is unable to predict with certainty the eventual outcome of any litigation, the Company does not believe any of its currently pending litigation is likely to have a material adverse effect on its business.

 

Indemnification Agreements

 

Certain lease and other obligations of the Company are guaranteed in whole or in part by James Walesa and/or BJ Parrish and others. The Company has agreed to indemnify and hold each such individual harmless for all liabilities and payments on account of any such guaranty. The lease obligations of the Company for its lease obligations for four of its five MCA facilities, including the lease of the MCA community that is located in Simpsonville, South Carolina, referred to as the Simpsonville Facility. This is the facility that is the subject of litigation and judgement against certain of our subsidiaries. We have been fully indemnified by James Walesa for all obligations that the Company may incur with respect to an adverse judgement against the Company, including any post-judgement interest. Such indemnification by James Walesa is under an agreement dated as of July 30, 2020. Under such agreement, James Walesa receives a fee equal to 2% of the total amount payable by AIU or any of its subsidiaries which is payable in units of shares of the Clearday Care Preferred and Clearday Warrants at $10.00 per unit, which is the same as the cash payment for such units by third parties in the offering of such units by Clearday Care. In the event that Mr. Walesa is required to make any payments under this indemnification, then the Company will issue shares of Clearday Care Preferred and Clearday Warrants, at $10.00 per unit, for the amount of such payment.

 

Subsequently, an amendment to the indemnification agreement above was signed on January 19, 2021 in which additional securities were pledged on behalf of James Walesa for all obligations that Company may incur with respect to an adverse judgement and/or any post-judgement interest. In the event that Mr. Walesa is required to make any payments under this amended indemnification agreement, then Company will issue shares of AIU Care, AIU Warrants and AIU Common Stock at $10.00 per unit as well as the AIU Series A Preferred at $20.00 per unit, for the amount of such payment.

 

 

Clearday, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements